it's time i posted a REAL post. about what's been going on in my pathetic little life. well, it's not really THAT pathetic..i like it. anyhow, on the heels of others, i think i have some sort of flu. but that's all i'm saying about it, cause really, you can't be sick anymore, someone else always has to chime in with "oh, I AM TOO..." (note: i don't mean you diana...). anyhow, it's been with me for a week at least and besides i got it from my mom, who has bronchitis...so it may not be flu...but like my mom, i don't whine and get on with my life (ie- the play) hmmmm..maybe ignoring sickness isn't the best thing to do...but screw it, i'm no good to my show while i'm in bed.


anyhow, my aunt and uncle from florida just left this morning...5 am to be exact..i was the lucky bugger that had to take them off to Peoria. it was no biggie, i'm a night owl anyhow, i had two movies to keep me awake...well ok, i finished Frailty this morning...err..afternoon...i DID go to bed at 6 am. anyhow, i'm fresh out of movies...maybe i ought to get some more, now that i broke down and *cringe* paid my late fee to The Man. it's that Catholic guilt, i tell ya...it was eating me up.


and the show went well..be on the lookout for a webpage...as well as more random pics cause britt can't think of a damn thing to say. hmmm..maybe i should take the little yelling princess' advice and rent The Big Lebowski.

things that save me from a life of pissiness

1. At lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.
2. Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice.
3. Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with that.
4. Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has gotten over their caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.
5. Finish all your sentences with "in accordance with the prophecy."
6. Ask people what sex they are. Laugh hysterically after they answer.
7. Specify that your drive through order is "to go".
8. Sing along at the opera.
9. Go to a poetry recital and ask why the poems don't rhyme.
10. Five days in advance, tell your friends you can't attend their party because you're not in the mood.
11. Have your coworkers address you by your wrestling name, Rock Hard Kim.
12. When the money comes out the ATM, scream "I won!", I won! 3rd time this week!!!!!"
13. When leaving the zoo, start running towards the parking lot, yelling "run for your lives, they're loose!!"
14. Tell your children over dinner. "due to the economy, we are going to have to let one of you go."

proof that britt eats her celery...



more pics from this night at Old Chicago coming soon..

You are a very Ecclectic and Interesting person. You are very edgy- in a 90's grunge sort of way.
You're the kind of person who appreciates interesting music, films , art and books.

You enjoy being different because you are different.
People sometimes think you're strange because you ARE strange

What day are you? Quiz by Fatsky

"For 99 cents I'd eat YOU"
-Phoebe "Friends"

wooo! the new "Friends" premieres tonight...should be good..even if it's not...it's still good.

yea baby! i get to go see The Starting Line on Oct 11..this'll be my first concert since the unfortunate Weezer concert last december....don't get me wrong, it was worth it, i was just a bit bummed Weezer didn't rock more.

and in romantic news....awwwwww

for those of youse who can't see the show this weekend, here's some photos:







Lynne exiting before i can snap a pic









Lynne, Kathi, and i hamming it up...well..ok, just Kathi









yea ok, there's Lynne hamming it up...sitting ON the desk..whoops









bill doin' a dance move..or directing..whatever








umm..not sure WHAT i am doing here









Kathi, me, and Lynne...uhh discussing our mess ups









bill doin' the director talky talky








my hands attacking bill doing the talky talky









ed, the other director








my geek profile...uhhh.i guess









the chicken on the wall...the publicity photo for the Chicken on the Wall Productions...coming soon









me with the chicken on the wall

our show opens in 2 days...am i nervous? well, of course, i'm always nervous..that's the thrill of live theatre. it should be fun. i have a plethora of people coming saturday. woo hoo. go me. other than that, these pst two days i have had off of work due to dress rehearsals. but tomorrow i gotta put my ball and chain back on. arrgh. AND i gotta computer geek it up and help diana, macaire, wand kaci sometime this week...i would set erin's webcam up, but she leaves for an unknown amount of time to the east coast to job interview. she will be missed...*sniff sniff*..no, really. if diana left too, hell, i'd throw myself off the bridge.

but in the NEWS of Britt...check out the me section...i've changed it.

ok, i know i have an affixiation for salsa...but OH DEAR GAWD!!!...that damn bitch called Chi Chi's Fiesta Salsa is hot! it just kicked my skinny white irish ass...

*sigh* i think i learned my lesson....

a random picture from the archives of Florida 2002...

courtesy of my sis, she likes to take the pictures too...



NOTE: i forgot, that's my sister's husband behind her...he blends in DAMMIT!!!!

since diana wrote one, i should too...but don't think the "Things That Bug Me" list isn't coming soon as well...

things i live for

1) people that are polite even if they don't know you...ie- you run into someone, and they're apologetic or if they shake your hand when they meet you

2) anything Star Wars

3) coming home from work and watching a bunch of movies (i'm a huge movie geek..the more the better)

4) my mom's scalloped potatoes

5) taking pictures of random things

6) thunderstorms

7) backrubs

8) drinking with my family (no..really...it's the funnest ever)

9) thrift stores

10) my online friends and co-workers...they're the best when i'm down and out

see what happens when i'm up at 2 am and no one to talk to and stinkingly drunk??? i buy Scottish dialect tapes on ebay...THAT'S WHAT! (i AM going to perfect that particular accent before i die). oh wait...i'm not drunk...
crap, i have rehearsal in 7 hours....

there really needs to be a 24 hour video store.

i apologize (or maybe not). i was a mess yesterday. a HUGE mess. i repressed it most the day...but you know those days where things just don't work out? it just doesn't feel right. i think (well, i know) it's because i'm stressed out due to the play coming up (and for any of you who have a sarcastic "aww poor baby.." for that, kiss it..you have no clue what my world of the theatre is like..or anyone's). our rehearsals haven't been your standard orthodox rehearsals. though we're still doing well. AND i've never been so devastatingly broke in my life (yea yea, i know "join the club"...but SHUT IT..this is my blog). and my mom...well, she's always going to have me on alert for stress. at last night's rehearsal, i wasn't top notch. it was a bad rehearsal for me, and that upset. i put acting #1 in my life..which explains why i take time (which = $$$) off of work for it. all i wanted to do afterward was go have a few beers with my co-workers. but i only got one in, and they kept giving me a hard time cause i showed up late....geez, i'm dedicated to my craft..sorry. then they KEPT giving me a hard time..and usually ok, no big deal...but with all the shit going on (i guess) and the crappy day that was surmounting me anyhow...ok, the repressing was over. i got pissy. i didn't choose it, it just happened. i wish to God more than anything i could stop this feeling; i'd live a lot happier life. so, anyhow, i did what i should...i just got in my car and went straight home and went to bed. i feel a lot better today. no sense being around my loved ones if i'm pissy. i think i found the (temporary) cure for pissiness...sleep.

in the words of b, Go salaí na gráinneoga cealgrúnacha do chuid infheistíochtaí. it's so true when you're dealing with damn dirty bookstore customers. by the way, none of that gaelic stands for bookstore customers. speaking of Gaelic, since b is so hell bent that i put a curse on cyn...i'll send something nice her way:
Go mbíodh biseach ort gan mhoill agus Bain taithneamh as an deireadh seachtaine cyn!

there..happy?? no? ah well too bad..she should get to feeling better in no time now.

more pictures to love and hold






me messing with my PDA...i think it's broken...






flag outside the old firehouse we're performing in.
i thought it looked cool flapping in the wind..i was right.






ed and bill (the directors) giving notes...like "brittany, learn YOUR LINES!"






me...uhh..oh hell..i dunno what i was doing..listening to notes???
or daydreaming?






ed chugging it down post rehearsal at Kouri's






bill sucking it down post rehearsal at Kouri's






ummm..why am i so scared?? cause i'm out of Killians??

fire it up baby!

damn..i guess i should blog about what i've been up to..but it's sorta the same ol same ol. i'm still in need of about $110 for assorted bills, so if anyone has that moolah..send it on over. i'm still delivering..hene the picture..still at waldens..quite a bit this week, and yes, i still hate it...ugh. my aunt and uncle arrive from florida on friday..should be fun times. and i offically miss the crap out of cyn. other people i dearly miss and wish i heard from more : tamara, joseph, stacy, khalilah, cory, and alana, email me dammit... (heh, like they read this)

apparently i'm one of the most attentive delivery drivers around...

oh yea...DUH..i forgot cyn gave me Dreamweaver on a software CD (which actually was labeled SW..so i thought it was something Star Wars..heheh...oh boy...)...so BAM! adventurous britt goes off and makes a temp Temp page for ya...heh...get it? temporary Temp page??? ah HA HA...ok, so go see it..it's only the flier thus far..til i get some pics

more new stuff added to the site...plus major overhaul (no, really) coming soon. well ok, the new stuff is the FLORIDA gallery!!! woooo! FIN-A-LLY! plus, the new look for this blog is coming soon...just you wait...i've decided to dedicate myself to a little somethin' somethin' for The Temp...you know a gallery so you guys who can't see it can see what we're up to...drat...anyone have Front Page i can swipe?

i know i never promised these...but i just like to start with as promised....

RANDOM PICTURES!!!






my desk in the play..yea, we're gonna clean it up..don't worry
like my Old School computer?






bill doin' his supermodel pose...
sheesh bill..just cause you're director doesn't mean you're HOT STUFF






the damn squirrel i was chasin' today






more of the damn squirrel

after diana posted that "yea...i don't have a menu...what do you guys have?" post..guess what happens that night at work??? you got it!






diana dealing with said "i don't have a menu" idiot






her followed aggravated face post call
(yea, it was a delivery...thanks a lot)






just a random goofy picture of her leaving after her one beer...ONLY ONE??!!






and this is what I look like when i work
no, really, i bartend, i just happened to be in the back, freaking out

dammit...how i lose posts....i dunno...thank God i have two weblogs where they appear simultaneously...so here it is back..again.dammit

i took some pictures yesterday...it being 9/11...nothing special...i was hoping to capture some flags and patriotic stuff...i sorta did...and then that dammned sunset was sooo beautiful...hope you guys don't mind
...of course you don't, you read my damn junk every day don't ya?






outside the front of Pepperoni's..oh SURE, Mimi Millie's hung a flag






the beginning the coolest (well almost) sunset at the corner of Court and Parkway Drive
you can't read it, but Walgreen's marquee reads "we will not forget"






sunset picture #1...get excited..






the second one...why aren't you excited yet?





if you aren't excited by THIS one, i'm going to strike you..






it seems Maragritas has the best margaritas in town...but is hiring
(britt has no clue how they can be the BEST when she makes the best...perhaps i ought to apply)

i'm taking the day off in respect for the tragedy...even going back in time and looking over what i wrote..and you should too.

Dear Glenlivet Scotch,
you are a dirty bastard. my encounter with you on Sunday night was anything but cordial. you talked smooth at first, but then proceeded to bitch slap my liver around as well as my chemical balance to where i was...by night's end...silly ASS drunk. i tried to unsuccessfully drown and kill you with beer, but alas, no luck. i thought i would never see you again, Glenlivet, thought you had left me forever, but no....oh NO. you returned the next day...early AM. all the nightmares we shared together were relived...with the Porcelian God present. dammit Glen, i told you, i don't worship the Porcelian God, i'm Catholic...but i did...all day. *sigh* i am so ashamed. never again i will see you Glenlivet..never. and if we run into one another at a bar.....look away....just look away.

regards,
Britt

ps- fuck off

i dunno what it is, but the last few days i've felt like shit and have been running to the bathroom every 5 seconds (sorry, but it IS my blog and i can go on and on how something gives me the trots if i want). i'm thinking it's that Mexican liquer (if you've chatted with me in the past few days, you'll know i've tried to get to the bottom of that), or those taquitos i had yesterday...oooo...i think THOSE did a number on me....or it could be this damn spider bite i got...

and that nelly song is really starting to play way too much on the radio...so much i'm starting to like it. and what right does HE have to add an extra "R" in "Here" ???

hehe..i have to admit though..i love the genius of the line that is "Wan' a lil bit of uh uh and a lil bit of UH UH"

and now, just a taste of what went down last Sunday...



my brother Robin, my mom, my sister Holly, and my dad.
more pictures coming soon...maybe a gallery...who knows? what do YOU guys want?

i say "bitch" way too often lately....

i added diana, B and gus to the links...go check them out...NOW keemosabe!

forget what i said earlier...i was pissy..and that was dumb of me to not realize that writing in a blog is cathartic for me...duh..so whatever..i continue on...if i'm pissy i'll take a nap

The Friday Five

1. What is your biggest pet peeve? Why?

when people give me shit or tease me over stuff that REALLY bugs me...but they keep prodding on about it.
(or when i say "have a nice day" and they don't say "you too" heh)

2. What irritating habits do you have?

i can never spell "the" or "like" right..it always ends up "teh" and "liek"..of course, the fact i can't type might have somethign to do with it.

3. Have you tried to change the irritating habits or just let them be?

i let them be...they're really no big deal. having good grammar is probably more important to have than stupid random mispellings.

4. What grosses you out more than anything else? Why?

smelly people. deodorant is not that expensive

5. What's one thing can you never see yourself doing that other people do?

killing a person.

i don't get it...i haven't posted in 2 days or 3 whatever and i really don't have an urge anymore. seriously. and i'm always so damn pissy..and no one wants to read that...seriously. don't give me that "we want to read ALL your emotions" bs, i sure as hell don't wanna read everyone's emotions (so i usually don't). i've put in my year..i'm out. maybe my mind will change soon..maybe it won't. i don't want to have a blog while i'm pissy.

i've just realized i have this recurring dream (no, NOT where the lead singer of Weezer is my dentist cyn...you made me have THAT one), but it's one where i'm in school or classes or SOMETHING..and i keep realizing i need to stop skipping my English class cause i have this monster assignment due soon and i haven't been but to ONE CLASS..but i forget what time and where the damn class is.....
ok that was a bad story...why did i post that??

scantastic britt remembers ISU





lana (stacy's sister), me and stacy takling a shot pre-theatre party
yes, i was DUH-RUNK






me all happy n such at the Pub II






joe (on top), mikel and i on the ISU quad....i'm showing my gratitude to Illinois State

business has captured britt's soul. tonight i had to DJ at chalise's reception..which went pretty well...i really didn't have to do too many DJ-like things. fun times were had. and the beer was FREE!!! oh, and aunt dee dee suprised us (well all of us cept pete, cause he had to get her at the airport) today with a visit. she's staying til monday. but that was cool, she, my mom and dad went to my dad's 35th reunion tonight, so i'm happy my mom got out finally and had fun. so i still have yet to put together that collage for my mom and dad...go to bed, get up early...for some reason, i forgot why..make another collage with holly i believe..go to the A.C.T. board meeting at 2 pm (and try not to get TOO drunk), go meet holly to help set up the party..then finally!!!! party time at 6.....whew...see you all later...